Courses That Fulfill General Education Requirements
Introductions to disciplines, humanities and arts (IH code)—two courses from different departments required (10 credits)
Only one IH requirement may be satisfied with a course (equivalent to 5 credits) from the Arts Division (art, film and digital media, history of art and visual culture, music, theater arts); only one language course may be used to satisfy an IH requirement; and only one literature course may be used to satisfy an IH requirement. Note: Transfer courses designated IH from English departments are considered to be literature courses for general education purposes.
American Studies 1, 2
Chinese 4, 5, 6, 50, 107, 108
Film and Digital Media 20A, 20B, 20C
French 4, 5, 6
German 4, 5, 6
Hebrew 4, 5, 6
Hindi 4, 5, 6
History 10, 20A, 20B, 21, 25A, 25B, 29, 30A, 30B, 30C, 32, 33, 34A, 34B, 40, 55
History of Art and Visual Culture 10D, 10E, 10F, 10G
Italian 4, 5, 6
Japanese 4, 5, 6, 50
Linguistics 20, 51, 52, 53, 55
Literature 1, 61A, 61D, 61E, 61F, 61M, 61P
Spanish Literature 60
Music 11
Philosophy 9, 11, 22, 24, 26, 28
Portuguese 60B, 65A, 65B
Russian 4, 5, 6
Spanish 4, 5, 5M, 6, 15, 56
Spanish for Spanish Speakers 61, 62, 63
Theater Arts 19, 20, 30, 32, 33, 36, 40, 60A, 60B, 60C, 122, 136
Women’s Studies 1A, 1B
Introductions to disciplines, natural sciences and engineering (IN code)—two courses from different departments required (10 credits)
For general education purposes, anthropology and environmental studies courses designated IN are considered to be from the Biology Department. Transfer courses designated IN from anatomy, botany, physiology, and zoology departments are considered to be biology courses.
Anthropology 1
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18
Biology 20A, 21A, 70
Biomolecular Engineering 60
Chemistry and Biochemistry 1A, 1B, 1C
Computer Engineering 3, 12C
Computer Science 2, 10, 12A, 12B, 13H, 60G, 60N
Earth Sciences 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 20, 65, 119
Engineering 5, 7
Environmental Studies 23, 24
Mathematics 11A, 11B, 19A, 19B
Ocean Sciences 1
Physics 1, 2, 5A, 5B, 5C, 6A, 6B, 6C, 7A, 7B
Introductions to disciplines, social sciences (IS code)—two courses from different departments required (10 credits)
Anthropology 2, 3, 4
Community Studies 10, 100A, 100E, 100J, 100K, 100M, 100P, 100Q, 100S, 100T, 100Y
Economics 1, 2
Education 92A, 92B
Environmental Studies 25
Latin American and Latino Studies 1, 126A, 126B
Legal Studies 10
Politics 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 20, 43, 70, 72, 73
Psychology 1, 41, 65
Sociology 1, 10, 15, 20
Topical courses (T code)—three courses required (15 credits)
Students entering UCSC with fewer than 45 transferable credits must take three topical courses in residence at UCSC. UCSC Summer Session courses can be used to satisfy topical requirements. Choose one course from each academic area: natural sciences (2), social sciences (3), and humanities and arts (4). Courses labeled 5, 6, and 7 satisfy topical requirements in two different academic areas; students can apply this kind of topical course to either academic area indicated. The three topical course requirements must be satisfied with three different courses. In the Schedule of Classes, courses that carry a T general education code are listed as follows:
2–Natural Sciences Area
3–Social Sciences Area
4–Humanities and Arts Area
5–Humanities and Arts or Social Sciences Area
6–Natural Sciences or Humanities and Arts Area
7–Natural Sciences or Social Sciences Area
Astronomy and Astrophysics 80A, 80B, 80D
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 80A
Biology 80A, 80D, 80F, 80H, 80J, 80L, 80N, 80P
Biomolecular Engineering 80G
Chemistry and Biochemistry 80A, 80G, 80H
Computer Engineering 80N
Computer Science 80B, 80C, 80G, 80V
Crown College 80S
Earth Sciences 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80F, 80G
Electrical Engineering 80T
Environmental Toxicology 80E
Linguistics 80G
Ocean Sciences 80A, 80B, 80C
Philosophy 80G
Physics 80A
Science Communication 80A
Anthropology 80B, 80C, 80D, 80F, 80G, 80I, 80J, 80K, 80M, 80O, 80Y
College Eight 80
College Nine 80A, 80B, 80H
College Ten 80A, 80B, 80H
Community Studies 80A, 80B, 80F, 80H, 80L, 80Q
Economics 80A, 80F, 80G, 80H
Education 80
Environmental Studies 80C
Latin American and Latino Studies 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80F, 80G, 80H, 80I, 80M, 80N, 80Q
Merrill College 80, 80B, 80X
Politics 80T
Psychology 80A, 80B, 80E
Sociology 80E, 80I, 80Z
Art 80A, 80C, 80D
Cowell College 80
Environmental Studies 80D
Film and Digital Media 80B, 80C, 80D
French 80
Hebrew 80
History 80K, 80W, 80Y
History of Consciousness 80A, 80B, 80E, 80L
Kresge College 80B
Language Program 80D, 80E
Linguistics 80V
Literature 80A, 80I, 80L, 80M, 80Z
Merrill College 80Y
Music 80A, 80B, 80D, 80E, 80F, 80G, 80H, 80J, 80K, 80M, 80N, 80P, 80Q, 80S, 80T, 80V, 80W, 80X
Philosophy 80B, 80D, 80H, 80T
Porter College 80
Stevenson College 80H
Theater Arts 80B, 80E, 80G, 80H, 80L, 80M, 80N, 80O, 80S, 80T, 80U, 80V, 80W, 80X, 80Y, 80Z
Women’s Studies 80S
T5—Humanities and arts or social sciences
American Studies 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D
Film and Digital Media 80A
History 80M
History of Art and Visual Culture 80A, 80B, 80D, 80E, 80F, 80G, 80I, 80K, 80L, 80M, 80N, 80P, 80Q, 80T, 80V
History of Consciousness 80C, 80F, 80J, 80K, 80O, 80Q, 80Y
Kresge College 80, 80T
Latin American and Latino Studies 80X
Linguistics 80C, 80D
Merrill College 80C
Oakes College 80
Philosophy 80L
Stevenson College 80A-B-C, 80T
Women’s Studies 80Y
T6—Natural sciences or humanities and arts
Art 80F
Computer Engineering 80E
Crown College 80, 80H
Music 80C, 80L, 80R
Philosophy 80S
Physics 80D
Porter College 80B
T7—Natural sciences or social sciences
Environmental Studies 80A, 80B
Physics 80C
Quantitative courses (Q code)—one course required (5 credits)
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 80A, 80B, 118
Biology 186
Biomolecular Engineering 60
Chemistry and Biochemistry 1A, 1B, 1C
Computer Engineering 16, 16H
Computer Science 80B
Earth Sciences 1, 10, 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D
Economics 11A, 11B, 113
Engineering 3, 5, 7, 11A, 11B, 113
Environmental Toxicology 80E
Mathematics 3, 11A, 11B, 19A, 19B, 21, 110
Ocean Sciences 1
Physics 1, 2, 5A, 5B, 5C, 6A, 6B, 6C, 7A, 7B, 80A
Psychology 2, 181
Sociology 103A, 103B
Composition courses (C code)—one course required (5 credits)
Merrill College 80Z
Stevenson College 80B-C (for specific sections)
Writing 1
Writing-intensive courses (W code)—one course required (5 credits)
American Studies 100, 105A
Anthropology 150, 152, 170, 172, 194A, 194B, 194D, 194E, 194F, 194H, 194I, 194J, 194K, 194L, 194M, 194N, 194O, 194P, 194Q, 194R, 194S, 194V, 196A, 196B
Biology 141, 165A, 169L
Chemistry and Biochemistry 122
Community Studies 121, 194
Computer Engineering 185
Crown College 123
Earth Sciences 120, 140L (concurrent enrollment in 140 required)
Economics 106, 107, 128, 142, 165, 183, 184, 195
Education 185B
Environmental Studies 100L (concurrent enroll- ment in 100 required), 104A, 129, 140, 149, 156, 157, 172
Environmental Toxicology 151
Film and Digital Media 120, 150, 194B, 194C, 194D, 196B
History 194C, 194E, 194J, 194M, 194O, 194R, 194V, 194W, 194X, 194Y, 195B, 196A, 196B, 196D, 196F, 196K, 196R, 196Y, 196Z
History of Art and Visual Culture 100A
Information Systems Management 158
Kresge College 80T
Latin American and Latino Studies 100B, 194P, 195A
Legal Studies 128, 149, 183, 196
Linguistics 52, 55, 101, 113
Literature 1, 101
Music 180B
Philosophy 190L, 190M
Physics 195A-B (Students must complete both courses to satisfy the W code.)
Politics 100
Psychology 100C, 100K, 100L, 100N, 113, 125
Sociology 103B, 134, 195C
Stevenson College 80T
Theater Arts 157, 159
Women’s Studies 194I, 195
Writing 64, 101, 102, 103, 104, 110A, 161, 163, 165, 166A, 166B, 166D, 167
Courses with W code for specific sections
Biology 20L
History of Art and Visual Culture 125, 164
Arts courses (A code)—one 5-credit course or equivalent required
Art 10G, 10H, 10J, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 40, 60, 70, 80A, 80C, 80D, 80F, 102, 107, 112, 113, 114, 118, 119, 123, 126, 135, 136, 141, 150B, 152
Cowell College 21, 22, 70
Film and Digital Media 20A, 20B, 20C, 20P, 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 132A, 132B, 136A, 136B, 151, 160, 165A, 170A, 170B, 176, 185D
History of Art and Visual Culture 10D, 10E, 10F, 10G, 80A, 80B, 80D, 80E, 80F, 80G, 80I, 80K, 80L, 80M, 80N, 80P, 80Q, 80T, 80V, 100A, 100E, 105E, 105F, 105H, 105P, 105U, 106A, 106B, 107A, 107B, 110A, 110B, 114, 120A, 121A, 121C, 121D, 124, 125, 127, 129, 131, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 147, 149A, 149B, 150A, 151A, 153, 154A, 154B, 155, 159B, 160, 161, 163A, 164, 165A, 165B, 166C, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 174B, 175, 176, 177, 180, 181, 182, 185A, 185B, 189A, 189N, 189Q, 189U, 189V, 189W, 190B, 190C, 190D, 190G, 190H, 190J, 190K, 190L, 190M, 190N, 190O, 190P, 190Q, 190R, 190S, 190T, 190U, 190W, 191A, 191C, 191D, 191E, 191F, 191G, 191H, 191I, 191J, 191K, 191P
Kresge College 80B
Latin American and Latino Studies 110A, 110B, 151A, 194W
Literature/Creative Writing 10, 52, 53, 170, 180, 183
Music 1A, 1C, 2, 3, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 5C, 8, 9, 11, 51, 54, 75, 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, 80F, 80G, 80H, 80J, 80K, 80L, 80M, 80N, 80P, 80Q, 80R, 80S, 80T, 80V, 80W, 80X, 159A, 159B, 160, 166, 170, 180A, 180B
Philosophy 152
Porter College 14, 20A, 20C, 20D, 21A, 21B, 22A, 22F, 23A, 23B, 23C, 28, 30, 33, 33A, 34B, 35, 38B, 39, 80G, 120, 121C, 121D
Science Communication 80A, 104A, 106A, 107, 109, 110
Theater Arts 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 40, 50, 60A, 60B, 60C, 80B, 80E, 80G, 80H, 80L, 80M, 80N, 80O, 80S, 80T, 80U, 80V, 80W, 80X, 80Y, 80Z, 104, 110, 113, 114, 115, 116A, 116B, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 124, 126, 130, 131, 132, 133, 133A, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 142, 151, 155, 157, 159, 160, 161C, 161D, 161M, 161Q, 161R, 161S, 161T, 161U, 161V, 163A, 163E, 193, 193F
Women’s Studies 80S, 138
U.S. ethnic minorities/non–western society courses (E code)—one course required (5 credits)
American Studies 1, 2, 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 101, 121C, 123F, 123H, 123M, 123T, 123X, 123Z, 125A, 125E, 125G, 126B, 127A, 127D, 127E, 127F, 127K
Anthropology 80B, 80D, 80G, 80I, 130A, 130B, 130C, 130D, 130E, 130G, 130I, 130K, 130L, 130N, 130Q, 130S, 130U
Art 150B
Community Studies 80A, 80B, 80F, 80H, 80Q, 100A, 100E, 100J, 100P, 100R, 114, 126, 134, 182, 183
Economics 120, 128
Education 92C, 128, 140, 141, 151, 155, 164, 175, 181
Film and Digital Media 132C, 162A, 163, 165B, 165D, 185B
History 29, 34B, 37, 40, 80W, 80Y, 110, 121A, 121B, 141, 141A, 141B, 144, 145, 149, 150C, 151, 152, 155, 156A, 156B, 158, 159C, 170, 171A, 175B, 177, 186, 190, 194J, 194M, 194O, 194V, 194W, 196B, 196D, 196Y
History of Art and Visual Culture 10E, 80B, 80F, 80G, 80M, 80N, 80P, 80T, 100E, 105E, 105P, 106A, 107A, 107B, 121C, 121D, 139, 151A, 155, 160, 161, 182, 185A, 185B, 189U, 190B, 190C, 190L, 190O, 190R, 190U, 191C, 191F, 191P
History of Consciousness 80F, 80Y, 118, 125, 127
Kresge College 80B
Language Program 80E
Latin American and Latino Studies 1, 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80F, 80G, 80H, 80I, 80M, 80N, 80Q, 80X, 100A, 100B, 101, 111, 112, 120, 123A, 123B, 125, 126A, 126B, 127, 129, 140, 142A, 142B, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151A, 160, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 173, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179D, 180, 194C, 194D, 194G, 194J, 194K, 194M, 194N, 194P, 195A
Legal Studies 127, 128, 136
Literature 61E, 80L
American Literature 102A, 102B, 102C, 102E, 190A, 190E, 190J
French Literature 134
Other English Literatures 105
Modern Literary Studies 125A, 125D, 144A, 144B, 144D, 144G, 152D, 180F
Spanish Literature 60, 102B, 130D, 130E, 130F, 134G, 134M, 134N
World Literature and Cultural Studies 109, 117, 123, 124, 135, 136, 140, 190A, 190B, 190E
Merrill College 80, 80X
Music 80A, 80B, 80D, 80E, 80F, 80Q, 80X, 180A, 180B
Oakes College 80
Politics 127, 140C, 140E, 141, 156
Porter College 80
Psychology 100D, 100G, 113, 143, 158
Sociology 15, 20, 80I, 133, 162, 169, 170, 174, 175, 188
Stevenson College 80C, 80H, 80T
Theater Arts 22, 80M, 161D, 161R
Women’s Studies 1B, 80Y, 102, 110, 132, 138, 139, 145, 151A, 154, 155